Altered state of consciousness

Altered States of Consciousness Consciousness is a state of awareness. This includes a person’s feelings, sensations, ideas, and perceptions. There are many different states of consciousness. Sleep is a state of altered consciousness, characterized by certain patterns of the brains activity and inactivity. An altered state of consciousness is when a person is not completely aware of their surroundings. Some researchers believe that we sleep to clear our minds of useless information

varying characteristics that sleep displays, and these aforementioned altered states of consciousness, both the exact nature of sleep, as well as whether or not it should be considered a unitary ASC, or a collection of many, can begin to be unravelled. Firstly, in order to determine what category sleep would fall under, one must first discuss the characteristics of an altered state of consciousness. An altered state of consciousness, or ASC, for short, can be defined as noticeable or distinct variation

Investigating Altered States of Consciousness “The question of what consciousness is, is one that has intrigued psychologists.” (Hayes, N & Orrell, H, 2000, page 116.) ‘The term altered states of consciousness refers to significant change in what is considered a normal waking awareness’ (Crisp, T, 2003, Altered states of consciousness, http://www.homepages.tesco.net/~waves/asoc.htm) An altered state of consciousness takes many forms such sleep, dreams, hypnosis

I did my project on a few examples of Altered States of consciousness. To begin with, Consciousness defined as a state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings. Even when you're asleep you're considered to be conscious. This is because you were still able to react to the world around you. For example, in the morning you're either woken by your alarm clock or your mother. Either way you are still able to react and wake up. When someone is unconscious that person cannot act or react normally

I personally have never experienced an altered state of consciousness during a ritual, but I have been able to see friends and many other people entering into an altered state of consciousness. About two years ago, I was kindly invited to my friend’s Christian church, which I accepted. I recall it was a Sunday afternoon and all the people were dressed with their fine clothes, ready to exalt the lord. The whole service for that afternoon was approximately two hours. During those two hours, two specific

How do your chosen texts represent altered states of consciousness (e.g. dreaming, drugged states, trances, madness)? What does the representation of these states explore that the representation of normative states does not? In 1919, shortly after the long reign of Queen Victoria, Sigmund Freud published Das Unheimliche -translating to The Uncanny1 – in which he explores the relationship between the 'heimlich' (the canny/homely) and the 'unheimlich'(the uncanny/unhomely), and their many definitions

Consciousness is an individual's awareness of the environment around them, their thoughts, feelings, memories and sensations. In order to be conscious, one must be awake and aware of the life around them. Many studies and articles have proved that there are many ways to change the way one thinks when not fully conscious. Someone in an altered state of mind will not be in full consciousness of themselves or surroundings. The brain state loses the sense of identity with one's body or normal sense perceptions

Sleep is an altered state of consciousness. Consciousness, modern psychologists believe, is an awareness of our environment and us. Sleep is the tendency to think of rest. When people get tired they want to close their eyes, lie down and sleep. What is the reason we do this? The human body requires long periods of sleep in order to restore and rejuvenate. When the body sleeps it helps to grow muscle, repair tissue, and structure hormones. Sleeping is where the brain rests, however sleep

Dream Analysis Consciousness can be defined as our awareness of ourselves and our environment. When dreaming we are in an altered state of consciousness. Dreaming is a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. My dreams can be described as internal conflicts or subconscious fears. These dreams are more so influenced by things I watch on television or things occurring in my life. The patterns of my dreams consist of things that frighten me. It possibly stems

It includes mystical, spiritual and religious experiences as well as sharing much common ground with consciousness studies and humanistic psychology. “Transpersonal experiences can be interpreted either religiously or non-religiously according to individual preference” (Walsh, 1993). Founder of Humanistic and later Transpersonal Psychology Abraham Maslow